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May 2020
THE GREAT GREEN LAWN ABBEY YARD SALE
It’s a yard sale not to be missed! Items from folks all over the city. Put it on your calendar now. More information will follow. To donate items, contact us at greenlawnabbey@gmail.com All proceeds go to the restoration of Green Lawn Abbey, a National Register of Historic Places landmark. Looking forward to seeing you there!
SPRING CLEANING – CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS!
It’s been a long cold winter but now spring has sprung! We are in need of lots of helpers to dust ledges and window sills, broom and mop to get the Abbey ready for another season of visitor. But we can’t stop there! We also need help weeding flower beds and trimming bushes. Won’t you please give us a hand? We’ll supply lunch, a sweet and a beverage if you can spare us a few hours. (You don’t have…
June 2020
MOVIE UNDER THE STARS – NOTORIOUS
MOVIE UNDER THE STARS –NOTORIOUS Notorious is a 1946 American spy film noir directed by master Alfred Hitchcock starring Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman and Claude Rains as three people whose lives become intimately entangled during an espionage operation. Picnic starts at 8 pm Cartoons at dusk Movie at dark (around 9:15) Don’t forget your chairs & blankets! The PoshNosh food truck will be there to serve your picnicking needs starting at 8pm. They have excellent reviews – give them a…
July 2020
MOVIE UNDER THE STARS – LAURA
MOVIE UNDER THE STARS – LAURA Laura is one of the most celebrated 1940s film noirs. Manhattan detective Mark McPherson (Dana Andrews) investigates the murder of Madison Avenue executive Laura Hunt (Gene Tierney) in her fashionable apartment. It will keep you guessing! Picnic starts at 8 pm Cartoons at dusk Movie at dark (around 9:15) Don’t forget your chairs & blankets! The PoshNosh food truck will be there to serve your picnicking needs starting at 8pm. They have excellent reviews…
The 1913 Floor and the Rebirth of the Riverfront
Mayor George Karb, interred at Green Lawn Abbey in 1937, led Columbus through some of the city’s – if not the nation’s – most dangerous and devastating times. Serving as mayor when the 1913 flood devastated vast areas of the city and beyond, he was intricate to relief as well as rebuilding. We know the Scioto River downtown only as an asset. But before the flood it was almost exclusively industrial, polluted, and crime ridden. Learn about Mayor Karb and…
August 2020
MOVIE UNDER THE STARS – THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL
MOVIE UNDER THE STARS – THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL The House on Haunted Hill is classic Vincent Price. An eccentric millionaire has invited five people to the house on Haunted Hill for a “haunted house” party. Whoever will stay in the house for one night will earn $10,000 each. As the night progresses, all the guests are trapped inside the house with ghosts, murderers, and other terrors! Picnic starts at 7:30 pm Cartoons at dusk Movie at dark (around…
September 2020
FALL CLEANING AND YARD DAY
We hope you will come out and join us for our Fall Cleaning & Yard Day. So much to do before all our upcoming fall events. We’ll supply the lunch, you supply some labor. The more the merrier! Great event for those needing volunteer hours for school or Scouts.
MOVIE UNDER THE STARS – SEPTEMBER
Our last movie of the season. Who will it be? The Wolfman and Frankenstein? Frankenstein and his bride? Maybe the Mummy or the Invisible Man? You’ll have to come to find out! Picnic starts at 7:00 pm Cartoons at dusk Movie at dark (around 8:15) Don’t forget your chairs & blankets! You won’t want to miss the PoshNosh food truck for this last movie. They will be there to serve your picnicking needs…